The waves broke and spread their waters swiftly over the shore. One after another they massed themselves and fell; the spray tossed itself back with the energy of their fall. The waves were steeped deep-blue save for a pattern of diamond-pointed light on their backs which rippled as the backs of great horses ripple with muscles as they move. The waves fell; withdrew and fell again, like the thud of a great beast stamping.


Selected Works of Virginia Woolf (ed. Wordsworth Editions, 2005) - ISBN: 9781840220582

Virginia Woolf Quotes

The waves broke and spread their waters swiftly over the shore. One after another they massed themselves and fell; the spray tossed itself back with...

The waves broke and spread their waters swiftly over the shore. One after another they massed themselves and fell; the spray tossed itself back with...

The waves broke and spread their waters swiftly over the shore. One after another they massed themselves and fell; the spray tossed itself back with...

The waves broke and spread their waters swiftly over the shore. One after another they massed themselves and fell; the spray tossed itself back with...